2012

SX9373 : Temporary services bridge, Fore Street

taken 13 years ago, near to Teignmouth, Devon, England

Temporary services bridge, Fore Street
Temporary services bridge, Fore Street
While the Fore Street bridge over the railway is replaced, everything essential for life has been piped up to or down from Exeter Street, Bitton Park Road and a couple of Fore Street properties.
Fore Street bridge, Teignmouth

Fore Street bridge, once a principal route over the railway and into the town, has carried local traffic since the realignment of the A379 in the late 1980s. Consulting engineers for Network Rail, Arup, had identified unacceptable weakness in the girders supporting the carriageway together with overloading in the parapet girders. The only solution was to dismantle the bridge (which may date from the time Brunel's GWR was scythed through the town) and install a new, stronger one. The major part of the work was carried out over the weekend of 18-19 February 2012 in a highly organised operation.

Information taken from Network Rail's Prior Approval Application to Teignbridge District Council, TCP 10/049, 20 December 2011, with thanks.


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport City, Town centre Construction, Development Place: Teignmouth Road: Fore Street Bridge: Road Over Railway other tags: Rebuilding Works Underground Services Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Exeter Road [41] · Exeter Street [30] · Fore Street Bridge [14] Other Photos: · The railway seen from Shute Hill bridge ·
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SX9373, 493 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 18 February, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 18 June, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 9397 7304 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:32.8488N 3:29.8734W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SX 9398 7303
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